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Feb 5th 2010
Less then 12 hours after she was confirmed by the Senate, GSA soon-to-be-sworn-in administrator Martha Johnson has reached out to GSA staff — and is seeking their questions and ideas...
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Feb 5th 2010
We’ve been following the saga forever, but the vote finally happened Thursday afternoon — we had it live as it happened on Federal News Radio 1500 AM’s Daily Debrief with Chris Dorobek and Amy Morris — the Senate first voted to close debate on the Johnson nomination … and then proceeded to confirm Martha N...
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Feb 2nd 2010
We told you last week about Operation Jump Start, the marvelous program that helps soldiers of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedomtransition to civilian careers...
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Jan 27th 2010
It’s just a few days away — and it is one of the most marvelous events of the year if you’re looking to help other people and have adramatic impact on somebody’s life — it is called Operation Jump Start...
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Jan 22nd 2010
The DorobekInsider has learned — and confirmed — that Energy Department CIO Tom Pyke notified his staff that he is retiring from that post...
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Jan 19th 2010
It has been one of the worst kept secrets in town, but it is now official — Adrian Gardner has been appointed the chief information officer forthe NASA Goddard Space Flight Center...
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Dec 18th 2009
We reported that GSA deputy commissioner Tyree Varnado has announced internally that he will step down on Jan. 3. It ends up he’s not alone. Mary Powers-King, who is acting deputy assistant commissioner for GSA’s Integrated Technology Services and director of GWAC & IT Schedule Programs...
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Dec 18th 2009
Tyree Varnado, the deputy commission for the General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service, told FAS employees that he is retiring from GSA and government services after more than 35 39 years, Federal News Radio has confirmed...
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Dec 17th 2009
Input kicked off the holiday season, as they do every year, with the company’s 8th annual holiday party. There was a new location this year forthe first time — the Ritz in Tysons — but the event still benefits the U...
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Nov 13th 2009
GSA CIO Casey Coleman has been awarded the Tech Council of Maryland’s Government CIO of the Year award.
From the GSA release:
GSA’s Coleman Named Government CIO of the Year By Tech Council of Maryland
WASHINGTON – Casey Coleman, U...
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Oct 28th 2009
GovLoop and GovDelivery, fresh off their new partnership, had a party — to celebrate that collaboration, but it was also a Happy Fiscal 2010 NewYear Party at Current in Washington, DC...
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Oct 28th 2009
The federal government is losing another of its rising stars — but only the larger goal of public service.
Earlier, we told you that GovLoop — the burgeoning online government-focused collaboration platform that describes itself as the Facebook for feds — was purchased by Scott Burn’s GovDelivery...
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Oct 9th 2009
Two names in the government IT community have found new homes.
Charles “Chuck” Christopherson Jr., the former chief information officer and chief financial officer at the Agriculture Department, has joined SAP as senior vice president of industry solutions...
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Aug 2nd 2009
A very sad note… I just learned that Pat Knapp, the mother of Qwest’s Deirdre Murray, passed away suddenly over the weekend.
Murray had literally just returned last week after spending a week with her mother on a Southern California journey — they got to see Jay Leno perform in Hollywood and they traveled to Santa Barbara...
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Jul 30th 2009
I mentioned earlier that Qwest’s Deirdre Murray’s mother passed away suddenly over the weekend. Knapp’s obituary was posted in the San Diego newspaper yesterday:
KNAPP, RITA (Pat) RIEHLMANN Beloved wife, devoted mother of four, age 83, died peacefully on July 24, 2009, at her home in Solana Beach, CA...
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